Not that it matters to Anderson Silva, but UFC 155 was supposed to set the stage for a fight that would more or less* determine the next top contender of the middleweight division when Chris Weidman and Tim Boetsch squared off. But as things are wont to do in 2012, it has just been announced that Weidman has suffered an undisclosed injury and has been forced to pull out from his scheduled fight at UFC 155. Newsday was the first to break the news:

Chris Weidman, one of the top UFC middleweight fighters, is out of UFC 155 next month with a shoulder injury, Newsday has learned.

But there is a silver lining in this storm cloud, albeit an infinitesimal one. Stepping up in Weidman’s absence will be streaking middleweight contender Costa Philippou, who was recently given a severe case of blue balls when Nick Ring pulled out of their UFC 154 fight on just one day’s notice after coming down with the flu. Philippou is currently 4-1 in the UFC, and most recently scored a unanimous decision over Riki Fukuda at UFC 148.

Thankfully for the UFC, Weidman’s withdrawal will not break their already stacked year-ending card. Then again, we’re still over a month out from UFC 155, so let’s just cross our fingers and hope that Weidman is the last main-carder to pull out.

*I say “more or less” because there are still some of you out there who are convinced that Michael Bisping is the true #1 contender and I have simply given up trying to convince you otherwise. If he manages to beat Vitor Belfort, however, I will start to entertain this ridiculous notion.

Wow I never knew that costa Philippou was a middleweight I always thought he was a welterweight damn that sucks for Chris Wideman after Sandy it was bad and now he's injured he's probably not going to have enough money for Christmas

holeeball- November 21, 2012 at 12:57 pm

Oh shit! I'm an idiot.

holeeball- November 21, 2012 at 12:50 pm

SO who should Silva start ducking?

We're all fucked because Jon Jones is doing TV with his girfriend Chaelet. GSP is going on a long vacation.

So is it Costa Phillipou? Ok I'll start:

OOOOOH SILVA IS DUCKING PHILLIPOU OOOOOOHHH THE SKY IS FALLING

RearNakedSpoon- November 21, 2012 at 12:19 pm

Of course it matters to Anderson, he actually wants to fight him now that he knows he can only use one arm.